dishonest en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /dɪˈsɑnɪst/ (US)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /dɪzˈɒnɛst/ (obsolete)
- /dɪˈsɒnɪst/ (UK)
- (Mid-Atlantic, US) audio
- /dɪzˈɒnɪst/ (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English dishoneste (“dishonourable”), from Old French deshoneste, from Latin dehonestus. Equivalent to dis- + honest. Displaced native Old English unsōþfæst.
Meanings
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Not honest; shoddy.
“Watch how totally dishonest the California Prop vote is!” Trump fumed on Truth Social over the weekend.
2025 October 27, Russell Berman, quoting Donald Trump, “‘California Is Allowed to Hit Back’”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 04 Nov 2025:
- Interfering with honesty.
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(obsolete) Dishonorable; shameful; indecent; unchaste; lewd.
speake dishonest word
c. 1560, Thomas North, Archontorologion:inglorious triumphs and dishonest scars
1713, [Alexander] Pope, Windsor-Forest. […], London: […] Bernard Lintott […], →OCLC:
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(obsolete) Dishonoured; disgraced; disfigured.
Dishonest with lopped arms the youth appears, / Spoiled of his nose and shortened of his ears.
1697, Virgil, “The Sixth Book of the Æneis”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more dishonest | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most dishonest | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
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Translations (57)
sq pander (not honest) · arz غشاش (not honest) · ar غَشَاش (not honest) · it disonesto (not honest) · sl neiskrén (not honest) · ru бесче́стный (not honest) · ca deshonest (not honest) · ko 부정직하다 (not honest) · mi tāhae (not honest) · sa कौट (not honest) · arz مخادع (not honest) · hi बेईमान (not honest) · ro necinstit (not honest) · sv oärlig (not honest) · pt desonesto (not honest) · el άτιμος (not honest) · cs nepoctivý (not honest) · la perfidus (not honest) · hy անազնիվ (not honest) · ar مُخَادِع (not honest) · de unehrlich (not honest) · sh nèiskren (not honest) · nb uærlig (not honest) · cmn 不誠實 /不诚实 (not honest) · bg непочтен (not honest) · es deshonesto (not honest) · be несумле́нны (not honest) · be нячэ́сны (not honest) · fi epärehellinen (not honest) · bg нече́стен (not honest) · el ανέντιμος (not honest) · hu becstelen (not honest) · ga mímhacánta (not honest) · hrx uneherlich (not honest) · ga ainionraic (not honest) · nl onoprecht (not honest) · la fraudulentus (not honest) · es mentiroso (not honest) · ru нече́стный (not honest) · es embustero (not honest) · ota ناموسسز (not honest) · mi raureka (not honest) · uk несумлі́нний (not honest) · fr malhonnête (not honest) · ja 不正直 (not honest) · nl oneerlijk (not honest) · got 𐌻𐌹𐌿𐍄𐍃 (not honest) · ga mí-ionraic (not honest) · sh нѐискрен (not honest) · cy anonest (not honest) · ang unsōþfæst (not honest) · enm unhoneste (not honest) · pl nieuczciwy (not honest) · da uærlig (not honest) · nn uærleg (not honest) · uk нече́сний (not honest) · cs nečestný (not honest)